The Dropout Nation Podcast http://www.dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast Dropout Nation focuses on the reform of American public education, the consequences of the nation's high school dropout crisis, the advocates and politicians behind the debates, and how school innovations can improve the lives and economic destinies of children of every race and economic class. The show is hosted by RiShawn Biddle, editor of Dropout Nation and contributor to The American Spectator. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:06:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=The Dropout Nation Podcast Dropout Nation focuses on the reform of American public education, the consequences of the nation's high school dropout crisis, the advocates and politicians behind the debates, and how school innovations can improve the lives and economic destinies of children of every race and economic class. The show is hosted by RiShawn Biddle, editor of Dropout Nation and contributor to The American Spectator. RiShawn Biddle no RiShawn Biddle rbiddle@rishawnbiddle.org rbiddle@rishawnbiddle.org (RiShawn Biddle) Copyright 2009-2014 by RiShawn Biddle and RiShawn Biddle Communications All rights reserved. The Dropout Nation Podcast education. K-12, high school dropouts, graduation rates, charter schools, school choice, accountability, school reform, AFT, NEA, teachers unions The Dropout Nation Podcast » Jay Mathews http://dropoutnation.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dropoutnation_feed_cover_2012.png http://www.dropoutnation.net/category/dropout-nation-podcast Alexandria, VA Weekly The Dropout Nation Podcast: Parent Trigger: More Than A Gimmick http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/21/dropout-nation-podcast-parent-trigger-gimmick/ http://dropoutnation.net/2010/02/21/dropout-nation-podcast-parent-trigger-gimmick/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:45:22 +0000 RiShawn Biddle http://dropoutnation.net/?p=1412 Dropout Nation Podcast Cover

This week’s Dropout Nation Podcast focuses on California’s parent trigger school reform law (along with Connecticut’s efforts to pass a similar measure) and why the arguments against it from such skeptics such as Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews and Diane Ravitch don’t stand up to scrutiny.

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